ORANGE DAY

DUAL ENROLLMENT

1 College essay was due today--mark on your paper where you 'varied your sentence beginnings!
2. Cultural literacy
-introduce new phrases/idioms
-interview other students/staff/faculty to see what they know
-begin (but we did not finish) terms

COLLEGE PREP 11

1. Information Writing
-read newspaper article on history of Maine's paper mills
-identify topic sentence and enumerative paragraphs and subtopics
-write a 1/2 page summary of this article
-for next time, please write compose a piece of informational writing of your own addressing the prompt "Something very important to Maine." We discussed how snow, hunting, trees, cell phones, etc might be good ideas! Be sure to use two or three SUBTOPICS in your paper, and if you dont understand what I mean, come see me!

BLACK DAY

COLLEGE PREP 12

In today's class we viewed the "Bastogne" episode as a companion piece to the place we are at in the book....there is no reading assigned over vacation...enjoy

HOWEVER, block 3 was responsible for giving me the short writing prompt of the day "Describe the physical, mental, and emotional challenges the men are facing in the war. Use your book or the episode of BAND OF BROTHERS as an example"

ORANGE DAY

DUAL ENROLLMENT

1. Mr Mcneil/Ms Hallen speak about college stuff for about ten minutes....reminders of dates, etc
2. College essay
-go over sentence variety worksheet
-give out MethodsOfElaboration rubrics and explain how to use them
-workshop college essays, filling out rubrics for self and others
-your college essay is due on the Monday we get back from vacation...please remember
   1. Begin with a Q.A.Q.S.
   2. Have clear evidence of voice
   3. Demonstrate at least three underlined examples of varied sentence beginnings (prepositional
       phrase, adjective phrase, or participle phrase....)


COLLEGE PREP 11

1 Thoreau paper due today
2. Paragraph writing
-worksheet on enumerative paragraphs
-worksheet on sentence cohesiveness and organization
3. We will begin our next book after vacation and paragraph organization will be a focus area for our writing during this unit...

BLACK DAY

COLLEGE PREP 12

1. Check in with Mr McNeil about college deadlines, SATs, Accuplacers, etc etc...
2. The Longest Winter
-quick discussion of chapter 7
-writing prompt to be done in class: "Using your book as a guide, describe what you think would be the greatest physical, emotional, and mental hardships facing the men during the battle" OR Describe the traits that you think make Lt Bouck a strong leader
**Note** Block 3 did not get to the prompt today...we will do this in class on Friday...****

ORANGE DAY

DUAL ENROLLMENT

1. College Essay
-"I am a dynamic figure" sentence activity
-pass back/examine intro paragraphs
-sentence variety--varying sentence beginnings with participle phrases, prepositional phrases, and adjective phrases
-do "from the top of my house" activity and change sentence beginnings
BLOCK 2-please finish the worksheet where you revise/create your own sentences
BLOCK 4-disregard block 2...you didnt get this sheet yet
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BOTH CLASSES**** Bring in a PRINTED OFF draft of your college essay...you will be working on it in class and there will be some revision stuff going on....you will be editing your own and you will be editing another paper

COLLEGE PREP 11

1. Reminder of Thoreau quote paper due next class...please pay close attention to the topic sentence stuff we did in class today....make sure your paragraphs reflect this!!!
2 Paragraph writing
-notes on topic sentences, etc
-sheet with exercise 19 and 20 to practice topic sentences, etc
-do sheet #21 and #22 and this was collected at the end of class!

BLACK DAY

COLLEGE PREP 12

1. THE LONGEST WINTER
-test on chapter 1-6
-go over some of the answers
-research/discussion of "Geneva Convention" and its role in the story
-begin reading chapter 7 together in class...please finish this chapter....I get the sense that people are not reading, and therefore you should always expect a POP QUIZ...even if it is only two questions to check that you read  :/

BLACK DAY

COLLEGE PREP 12

1. TheLongestWinter
-work on chapter 5 study guide in class...
-go over certain answers of chapter 5 study guide
-begin reading chapter 6 in class and finish for next time (NOTE: Try not to get all stressed about all the names, numbers, etc...focus on the core elements of the story...even if you are skimming parts...pay close attention to the stuff about Lyle Bouck...
-we will have a test on Monday on chapters 1 through 6...it will include all the notes/studyguide/terminology stuff we have done thus far in the book...you can NOT use your notes on this...

ORANGE DAY

DUAL ENROLLMENT ENGLISH

1. vocab quiz
2. College Essay unit
-pass back 'voice' pieces
-'annoying' prompt and discussion...try to guess voice of your classmate...
-begin talking about introductions for your essays
    -->Q.A.Q.S. strategy
    --> prompt along with modeling how to start your essays with either a quote, anecdote, question, or shocking statement
-for Friday, please bring in an introductory paragraph to your college essay...have it reflect one of the QAQS's....

COLLEGE PREP 11

1. Vocab test
2. Thoreau
-re-introduce him with a few notes
-begin reading from "Walden" on page 174 of text book
-finish reading the rest of the "Walden" selections for next time
-please take down some notes/jot down some observations on how Thoreau seems to 'advertise' the beauty and appeal of 'nature' and living...

BLACK DAY

COLLEGE PREP 12

1. The Longest Winter
-quiz on chapter 4--you may use your study guide to help you answer the quiz questions
-go over all of chapt 4 study guide...
-view part of "Battlefield Detectives" HistoryChannel documentary about the Battle of the Bulge
-your assignment for THURSDAY is to read chapter 5....we will definitely do an in class study guide activity with this in class on Thursday....

BLACK DAY

COLLEGE PREP 12

1.TheLongestWinter
-go over chapter 2 study guide
-summarize chapter 3 (no study guide, but you were supposed to read it)
-begin chapter 4 "The Ghost Front" together in class....you were given the last 20 minutes or so to read on your own in class....work wisely
-expect some type of quiz on chapter 4 on Monday!

ORANGE DAY

DUAL ENROLLMENT

We continued with college essay writing...focused on voice and activities to get us writing with more voice...we did the 'question game' and took turns talking to different people....we then had a 15 minute focused writing on ONE of the questions (pick any one you want) and include at least two vocab words from this week's list in it...We also focused on the college essay vocab and we took time to go over the sentences you were to write for today...reminder that the test is next TUESDAY!!!!

COLLEGE PREP 11

1. Vocabulary
-reminder of test on TUESDAY of next week!
-do multiple choice practice 'test' and go over (good SAT practice, etc!)
2. Ralph Waldo Emerson
-go over questions 1-4 for Emerson's "Nature"
-make sense out of a difficult section of reading
3. There is no reading assignment since we will not have class until next Tuesday....just study vocab!

BLACK DAY

COLLEGE PREP 12

Today in class we officially began reading THE LONGEST WINTER...we skipped chapter one, as I summarized it for you rather quickly...we began reading out loud for chapter 2, and a study guide was passed out to be completed while you read...time was given in class to get a good jump on the reading, and you should read the rest of chapter 2 for next time....in addition, I would like you to read chapter 3, as it is a rather short chapter...always expect a quizzzzzzz

ORANGE DAY

COLLEGE PREP 11

1. Vocab words given today

amiable
bayou
grimace
indomitable
malleable
melodramatic
succumb
vibrant
visage
whimsical
apprehensive
callous
commendable
indignant
ineffectual
judicious
mystic
paraphrase
personification
verbatim

2. Brief introduction to transcendentalism....take some quick notes...then we read from "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson....please finish reading this short essay and answer questions 1-4 in writing!

DUAL ENROLLMENT

1. College essay vocab--synonyms of common 'personal narrative' words to avoid cliches in writing

elitist
extrovert
introvert
glib
kindred
meticulous
vivacious
jovial
intuitive
inquisitive
cognizant
zeal
talisman
solidarity
altruistic
galvanize
potent
resilient
pretentious
veracious

Please use each of these words in a sentence...make the sentence be about YOU...and how YOU would pertain to the words (example: I have a lot of ZEAL for paddling my canoe down the Kennebec River)